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How Internet Works
Basic Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Internet | Global collection of a lot of computer networks connected to each other for exchanging information - the hardware and software |
World Wide Web (WWW) | a graphical collection of electronic documents that are linked together like a spider web used to exchange information - the document portion |
Web Page | an Electronic document written in a computer language |
Web Site | one or more web pages that relate to a common theme |
Hyperlinks | text and images that reference the URL’s of other web pages |
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | unique address which identifies the web page location on the server |
Domain Name | it is the main part of the URL |
Web Browser | software program used to access the World Wide Web |
Bookmark | an internet bookmark acts as a marker for a website – you add it to your favorites |
Five items needed to access the web | 1. personal computer or handheld device 2. web browser software 3. Internet Service Provider (ISP) 4. servers 5. routers and switches |